See Also: escent(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Opioid(health)
opioid(dictionary)
Opioid(medicine)
Agonist Opioid(law)
receptors, opioid, mu(medicine)
opioid receptor(medicine)
opioid peptides(medicine)
opioid antagonists(medicine)

opioid antagonists (medicine) and escent (iou)


opioid antagonists (medicine)


opioid antagonists
Agents such as naloxone and naltrexone which have high affinity for opiate receptors but do not activate these receptors. These drugs block the effects of exogenously administered opioids such as morphine, heroin, meperidine, and methadone, or of endogenously released endorphins and enkephalins.


escent (iou)



-escent suffix.
[Repr. French -escent or Latin -escent- pres. ppl stem of verbs in -escere: see -ESCE, -ENT.]
In or forming adjectives with the sense 'beginning to assume a particular state, variation of colour, etc.', as effervescent, iridescent, obsolescent, phosphorescent, putrescent, etc.